Links with 3Rs relevance
Information resources
3R Guide – overview of guidelines, databases, journals, email lists, regulations and policies
3Rs Reduction – course on experimental design
3Rs Resources - library of 3Rs resources compiled by NC3Rs
ALTBIB – bibliography on alternatives
AltTox – online discussion and information exchange on non-animal testing methods
Altweb – global clearinghouse for information on alternatives to animal testing
Animal Welfare, Ethics and the 3Rs – training materials
Animal Welfare Bodies and National Committees
ATLA - Alternatives to Laboratory Animals – scientific journal
Bioethics Information Center (in Korean)
Costs and Benefits of Animal Experiments
DB-ALM – EURL-ECVAM DataBase Service on ALternative Methods to animal experimentation
DC 3Rs - Inventory of 3Rs knowledge sources
EC Regulation on cosmetic products (1223/2009)
Ethical principles and guidelines for experiments on animals
EU Directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (2010/63)
EU site on animals used for scientific purposes
EUROECOTOX – alternative and standard assays in ecotoxicological testing
Fetal Calf Serum-Free Database
Gold Standard Publication Checklist
Good search practice on animal alternatives
Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, 8th edition
Guiding Principles on Good Practice for Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Bodies
Hastings Center – educational research on ethics of medical research with animals
Humane Science Course – free online course in humane science and the 3Rs
InterNICHE - International Network for Humane Education
InVitro+Jobs – internet platform for animal-free research
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science – scientific journal
Lay Members Handbook – for lay members of ethical review and similar bodies worldwide
Literature Search for Alternatives Worksheet
Montréal Declaration on the Synthesis of Evidence to Advance the 3Rs Principles in Science
NC3Rs Gateway - open access publication of NC3Rs-funded research
NORINA - Norwegian Inventory of Alternatives – audiovisual alternatives to the use of animals in teaching
OECD Adverse Outcome Pathways resources
Principles of Humane Experimental Technique
Project Evaluation and Retrospective Assessment
Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and a Strategy
Toxicology 21: Scientific Applications - course
Toxicology in Vitro – scientific journal
Translational Training Tools – tools for teaching non-surgical and surgical procedures
Virtual pharmacology lab – repository of simulations
Animal Welfare and 3Rs Organizations
Europe
3Rs-Centre ULS (The Netherlands)
AfR - Animalfree Research (Switzerland)
Alternativfondet (Denmark)
Ärzte gegen Tierversuche (Germany)
Ärztinnen und Ärzte für Tierschutz in der Medizin (Switzerland)
Akademie für Tierschutz (Germany)
ALEXANDRA Association (Monaco)
Belgian Platform for Alternative Methods to Animal Testing (Belgium)
Biographics Laboratory 3R (Switzerland)
Bf3R - Deutsches Zentrum zum Schutz von Versuchstieren (Germany)
CAAT-Europe at the University of Konstanz (Germany)
Crueltyfree International (UK)
Danish 3R-Center (Denmark)
Department of Animals in Science and Society (The Netherlands)
Doerenkamp-Zbinden Foundation (Switzerland)
Eurogroup for animals (Europe)
European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE) (Europe)
ecopa - European consensus-platform for alternatives (Europe)
EPAA - European partnership for alternative approaches to animal testing (Europe)
Erna-Graff-Stiftung für Tierschutz (Germany)
ESTIV - European Society of Toxicology in Vitro (Europe)
EURL-ECVAM - European Union Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (Europe)
EUSAAT - European Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing (Austria)
EUToxRisk (Europe)
FICAM - Finnish Centre for Alternative Methods (Finland)
Fincopa - Finnish Consensus Platform for Alternatives (Finland)
Fondation Egon Naef pour la recherche in vitro (Switzerland)
Forska Utan Djurförsök - The Swedish Fund for Research Without Animal Experiments (Sweden)
FRAME - Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (UK)
Francopa (France)
Iaapea - International Association Against Painful Experiments on Animals (UK)
In vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine, Dept inaugurated by the Doerenkamp-Zbinden Foundation (Germany)
IC-3Rs (Belgium)
IPAM (Italy)
IVTIP - In Vitro Testing Industrial Platform (The Netherlands)
LDF - Lord Dowding Fund for humane research (UK)
Ligue Suisse contre la vivisection (Switzerland)
Menschen für Tierechte – Bundesverband für Tierversuchsgegner e.V. (Germany)
NC3Rs - National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (UK)
NCad - Netherlands National Committee for the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (The Netherlands)
Norecopa (Norway)
PETA International Science Consortium (UK)
R2N - "Replace" and "Reduce" based in Lower Saxony (Germany)
REMA (Spain)
RepRefRed Society (Austria)
RSPCA - Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (UK)
Schweizer Tierschutz (Switzerland)
set - Stiftung zur Förderung von Ersatz- und Ergänzungsmethoden zur Einschränkung von Tierversuchen (Germany)
Stiftung für das Tier im Recht (Switzerland)
Stigting Proefdierfrij (The Netherlands)
Swecopa (Sweden)
Swedish 3Rs Center (Sweden)
Swiss 3R network (Switzerland)
UFAW The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UK)
Vier Pfoten International (Austria)
ZEBET: Zentralstelle zur Erfassung und Bewertung von Ersatz- und Ergänzungsmethoden zu Tierversuchen (Germany)
Zürcher Tierschutz (Switzerland)
Americas
AFAAR - American Fund for Alternatives to Animal Research (USA)
ARDF - Alternatives Research and Development Foundation (USA)
ASCCT - American Society for Cellular and Computational Toxicology (USA)
AWIC - USDA Animal Welfare Information Center (USA)
CAAT - Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (USA)
CCAAM - Canadian Centre for Alternatives to Animal Methods (Canada)
CCAC - Canadian Council on Animal Care (Canada)
Doerenkamp-Zbinden endowed chair in evidence-based toxicology (USA)
EBTOX - Evidence-Based Toxicology (EBT) Collaboration (USA)
HIS - Humane Society International (USA)
HSUS - Humane Society of the United States (USA)
ICCVAM - The Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (USA)
IFER - International Foundation for Ethical Research (USA)
IIVS - Institute for In Vitro Sciences (USA)
Instituto 1R (Brazil)
NICEATM - NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (USA)
North American 3Rs Collaborative (USA and Canada)
Asia and Oceania
ANZCCART- Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (Australia and New Zealand)
Humane Research Australia (Australia)
JaCVAM - Japanese Center for the Validation of Alternative Methods (Japan)
JSAAE - Japanese Society for Alternatives to Animal Experimentation (Japan)
Konkuk Institute for the Three Rs (Korea)
MAWA Trust - Medical Advances Without Animals (Australia)
NCAAE - National Centre for Alternatives to Animal Experiments (India)
Society of Alternatives to Animal Experiments (Korea)
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Last update March 25, 2018